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Deerfield will take down 223 trees that appear to be infected with the emerald ash borer, village officials said Monday night. The Village Board voted to allow staff to take down the trees foresters identified as infected during a recent inventory of ash trees. The inventory of 1,321 village-owned trees indicated that the emerald ash borer beetle is spreading through the village, said Barbara Little, director of public works and engineering. Last year, the village staff found one tree near Lake Cook and Wilmot roads infected with the beetle, Little said.

If you've resolved to garden sustainably this year, start now by looking for eggs of garden pests like gypsy moth and Eastern tent caterpillar. There's less ick-factor: Bugs in their egg stage can't crawl or fly away, and they don't shmoosh when you do the deed. Plus, they are easy to spot on bare branches, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant clinic assistant at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. "A single egg mass contains hundreds or even thousands of eggs. If I had a tree or shrub pest problem last year, I'll go out and look for egg masses, scrape them off, and dispose of them.

A lot of players contributed to the Bears' 37-13 victory Sunday over the Lions, but no one was more responsible than Julius Peppers. He was the wild card on the defensive line, as Peppers moved around in order to create favorable matchups and avoid extra blocking attention. Of the 39 snaps Peppers played against Lions dropbacks, he lined up at right end, his usual position, 28 times. He lined up at left end, where he could go against right tackle Gosder Cherilus, six times.

Dear Amy: My question involves someone close to me taking photos at a funeral lunch. I was not at this function, but two relatives told me this individual was taking photos of people at the tables as if it were a wedding or another celebration! The problem is that this person is my husband. How could I even approach him about this ridiculous and incredibly odd behavior?! It's not unusual for him and his family to exhibit a complete lack of proper social boundaries, but even the rest of his family were smart enough not to bring their cameras that day. - Appalled Wife Dear Appalled: I find this behavior much less odd, ridiculous and appalling than you do. I can actually imagine that family members of the deceased might want a photographic record of guests who attended this luncheon.

The Dumpster Task Force today closed a Northwest Side bakery that specializes in European style breads because of ongoing pest problems. Inspectors visited the Kazik Bakery, 5806-5808 N. Milwaukee Ave., and found more than 200 flying insects and more than 100 crawling insects on various food products, baking equipment and food prep surfaces, according to a news release from the city Department of Streets and Sanitation. Flying insects were seen on raw sour dough that was uncovered and in the process of leavening, according to the release.

With rising temperatures following a steady stream of rain last month, entomologists say Chicago-area residents should expect to soon see an influx of the dreaded insect of summer — the mosquito. Cooler temperatures this spring have kept the current mosquito population at bay, but abatement districts are seeing millions of breeders now that temperatures are rising, said Mike Szyska, director of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District. Late May's high rainfall caused the hatching of floodwater mosquito eggs, which can lay dormant in soil for years, Szyska said.

Richard E. Jennings, 65, president of Smithereen Pest Management Services and champion sailor in the Chicago-to-Mackinac Island race, died Tuesday, May 17, according to friends and published reports. His family declined to comment, and the cause of death was not available. For more than 35 years, Mr. Jennings competed with his sleek 70-foot Pied Piper in the annual Race to Mackinac, the world's oldest freshwater yacht race. In 1987, Mr. Jennings set a record for the fastest time for a single-hull boat, completing the 333-mile course in 25 hours, 50 minutes, 44 seconds.

Bulls guard Keith Bogans stopped short of guaranteeing how many points he would hold Hawks star Joe Johnson to in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series Monday night. "I've had my days when I've said that, and a guy has gone out and had 40 on me," Bogans said. "So I think I've learned my lesson. " But Bogans understands what it takes to keep Johnson in check. The two have faced each other for years, dating back to college when Bogans was at Kentucky and Johnson at Arkansas.

We love to see spring daffodils, hate to see a late frost, eagerly await the forsythia in bloom. But Donald Orton of Wheaton takes interest in these traditional signs of spring to a whole new level. Daily, he makes a written note of the temperature as well as what's blooming and what's hatching. Not only are our gardens coming to life, but so are our garden pests. A retired nursery inspector and part-time insect and plant disease instructor at the College of DuPage, Orton is also the author of the book "Coincide: The Orton System of Pest and Disease Management.

By Ralph Zahorik and Robert Channick, Special to the Tribune | February 2, 2011

If it seems as though coyotes are on the rise in the Chicago area, there is science behind the hype. Though sightings remain relatively rare, wild coyotes today are nearly everywhere in Chicagoland, including downtown Chicago, says an expert who has spent the last decade studying the metropolitan area's population. Stanley Gehrt, an associate professor at Ohio State University's School of Environment and Natural Resources and principal investigator for the Cook County Coyote Project, presented some of his research team's findings in Grayslake recently.